1968 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill

1968 Men's downhill World Cup
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Men's downhill World Cup 1967/1968

Calendar edit

Round Race No Place Country Date Winner Second Third
1 3 Wengen   Switzerland January 13, 1968   Gerhard Nenning   Karl Schranz   Edmund Bruggmann
2 5 Kitzbühel   Austria January 20, 1968   Gerhard Nenning   Jean-Claude Killy   Andreas Sprecher
3 7 Grenoble   France February 9, 1968   Jean-Claude Killy   Guy Périllat   Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
4 10 Chamonix   France February 24, 1968   Bernard Orcel   Kurt Huggler   Guy Périllat
5 15 Aspen   United States March 15, 1968   Gerhard Nenning   Heinrich Messner   Jean-Claude Killy

Note: Round 3/Race 7 was the Olympic event, which counts also for the World Cup. See also 1968 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Final point standings edit

In men's downhill World Cup 1967/68 the best 3 results count. Deductions are given in ().

Place Name Country Total Points Deduction 3  5  7  10  15 
1 Gerhard Nenning   Austria 75 (2) 25 25 (2) - 25
2 Jean-Claude Killy   France 60 - 20 25 - 15
3 Karl Schranz   Austria 39 (8) 20 11 8 - (8)
4 Bernard Orcel   France 37 (3) 4 8 (3) 25 -
Guy Périllat   France 37 2 - 20 15 -
Jean-Daniel Dätwyler   Switzerland 37 (3) 11 - 15 11 (3)
7 Heinrich Messner   Austria 31 - - 11 - 20
8 Kurt Huggler   Switzerland 20 - - - 20 -
9 Edmund Bruggmann   Switzerland 17 15 1 1 - -
Billy Kidd   United States 17 - 6 - - 11
11 Andreas Sprecher   Switzerland 15 - 15 - - -
12 Josef Minsch   Switzerland 10 8 2 - - -
Franz Vogler   West Germany 10 - - - 8 2
Rudi Sailer   Austria 10 3 - - 6 1
15 Dodge Phelps   United States 8 - - - - 8
16 Dumeng Giovanoli   Switzerland 6 6 - - - -
Ivo Mahlknecht   Italy 6 - - 6 - -
18 Ludwig Leitner   West Germany 4 - 4 - - -
Gerhard Mussner   Italy 4 - 4 - - -
Gerhard Prinzing   West Germany 4 - - 4 - -
Hansjörg Schlager   West Germany 4 - - - 4 -
Spider Sabich   United States 4 - - - - 4
23 Peter Rohr   Switzerland 3 - - - 3 -
24 Hans Zingre   Switzerland 2 - - - 2 -
25 Egon Zimmermann   Austria 1 1 - - - -
Michel Dätwyler   Switzerland 1 - - - 1 -
Alpine Skiing World Cup
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1968

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